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DPS Rotation & Cooldowns for Arcane Mage in PvE | Latest Patch 6.1

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The following rotation guide was developed through extensive simulations and play testing with the goal of keeping the guide as simple as possible without sacrificing performance. This guide also included AoE rotations and provides details on when to use special talents and cooldowns.

Single Target Rotation

Conservation Priority: Execute the following priority while conserving mana.

The goal of the Arcane Mage DPS rotation is to properly balance your mana to maximize the damage buff from Mastery Mana Adept. This is done by moving between a 'Conservation' priority where you conserve mana and wait for Evocation to come off cooldown and a 'Burn' priority where you dump your mana down to 50% and then activate Evocation to recover your lost mana.

The 'Burn' priority is used only when the following conditions are met: 4 Arcane Charge, 3 Arcane Missiles, Evocation almost off cooldown, and > 90% mana. The goal of this phase is to dump your mana down to ~50% and then activate Evocation to return to 100% mana and then resume the 'Conservation' priority. Executing the 'Burn' priority is pretty simple as you simply cast Arcane Missiles with 3 charges and then use Arcane Blast on cooldown.

Talents

Below is advice on how to use the performance-enhancing talents that were selected in this guide.

Supernova should be cast on cooldown to prevent charges from being wasted. However, if you need to deal additional burst damage then you can let the charges stack and cast Supernova twice in a row. Use this ability in both your single target and AoE rotations.

Prismatic Crystal creates a crystal that, when attacked, deals area damage. You should summon the crystal as often as possible and apply as much burst damage as possible to it including using your DPS cooldown.

Effective Cooldowns

These are effective cooldowns to try and incorporate into most all encounters.

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